Testosterone is positively and estradiol negatively associated with mucosal immunity in Amazonian adolescents
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23284
Abstract: A core assumption of life history theory and the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH) is that testosterone (T) upregulates energetic investment in mating effort at the expense of immunity. This tenet, along with observed positive relationships… read more here.
Keywords: estradiol negatively; immunity; positively estradiol; mucosal immunity ... See more keywords